YOU MUST BE A ZENITIST!
Interactive stage /multimedia installation
Conceived for various gallery/museum spaces, it reflects on the legacy of an authentic avant-garde artistic movement from our region – Zenitism.
It points to the importance of continuity in the artistic tradition of a country and explores what the echoes of Zenitist ideas are today, exactly one hundred years after the launch of the magazine
“Zenit” by Ljubomir Micić, both in contemporary art and in contemporary society.
The ideas of Zenitism – anti-war ideas, the belief in the possibility of creating a new, more just society and relations – are still important and necessary after a hundred years, especially in the contemporary moment, when faith in the possibility of creating a better world has been lost.
Zenitism invites us, inspired by the enthusiasm of the artists of that time, to turn again to the great values in whose center is – man.
This stage installation consists of three parts, which represent original works by artists who deal with contemporary artistic responses to the ideas of Zenitism.
In the first room, there are interactive screens through which you get to know the artists of Zenitism. Scenes from the video of the play Zenit- History of an Enthusiasm by DAH Theater, can be combined as you wish, thus creating your Zenitist story via interactive
screens.
In the second room, we encounter the video/audio work and installation by Snežana Arnautović and Ivica Stjepanović entitled Everyday Room, which represents a kind of response to the idea of Zenitism, as well as the complete avant-garde on whose
roots contemporary artists still rely today.
In the third room, the artistic object Cross-Coat Rack awaits us, a work by Neša Paripović, which was used in the DAH Theater performance Zenit- History of an Enthusiasm. The atmosphere of the Zenitist movement in this room is complemented by
the video work For a Better Atmosphere by Jelena Rubil, through which we get acquainted with Zenitist slogans.
The fourth room brings us the intimacy of Zenitism, and there you can read the last letter from Anuška Micić to Ljubomir Micić, which he found after her death. Also, there are original editions of the magazine Zenith, as well as the audio/video work by Snežana
Arnautović entitled Lucid Dream/ Happy Time.
The opening of the exhibition is accompanied by a performance by four performers, who will bring the atmosphere of the Zenitist movement in a contemporary way and encourage reflection on whether this movement is still relevant, present and, in the end: whether Zenitists are still among
us?
We will have the opportunity to hear the poetry of Ve Poljanski through original music, specially composed and sung for this exhibition. The gallery will also be visited by the inevitable Mayakovsky in a new body, and as a hundred years ago – he has something important to
tell us. If you have not had the opportunity to read the letters of Anuška and Ljubomir Micić, this exhibition will bring you the most intimate experience of Zenitist love – one letter will be enlarged and read to everyone who surrenders and sits in
the Zenitist armchair. Throughout the exhibition, each visitor will also have their shadow – the mysterious Johnny Depp, who leaves an indelible mark.
Concept: Jadranka Anđelić and Dijana Milošević
Performers: Evgenija Eškina Kovačević, Ivana Milenović Popović,
Milica Petrović, Zoran Vasiljević
Object “Cross-Coat Rack”: Neša Paripović
Multimedia installation “Everyday Room”: Snežana Arnautović Stjepanović,
Ivica Stjepanović
Video “Another Atmosphere”: Jelena Rubil
Video work “Lucid Dream /Happy Time”: Snežana Arnautović Stjepanović,
Ivica Stjepanović
Excerpts from the correspondence of Anuška Micić and Ljubomir Micić from the book
“Terrible Comedy” [National Library of Serbia 2021]
Light: Milomir Dimitrijević, Radovan Samolov
Software application development: Mila Popović
Organization and production: Nataša Novaković, Milica Petrović
Marketing: Ivana Milenović Popović
PR: Tanja Rapp
Photographer: Đorđe Tomić
Social networks: Dunja Karanović
Graphic design: škart
Supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia






















